yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Yea it's just the standard version of quadrant, I thought that it would do the job.

Also i don't want to trick it or actually buy an app just so it can give me higher scores, that's not actually helping at all, i'll try the airplane mode to see if that helps, my phone is rapid anyway so it's only for my own satisfaction and to see how high i could get the score to go to.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lejars1:
My DHD is brand new - just a week. It was supplied by Orange in France - who by the way are the most incompetent company I have ever dealt with - and the software number is 1.40.61.2

Now I'm thinking of rooting the phone. Partly because I understand that it will help me improve battery life (True/false??)

That I will be able to run some apps which I wouldn't otherwise be able to do

And also because I love gadgetery and fiddling around with things.

On the other hand I rely hugely on the phone. I don't want to lose it and I'm not hugely techie.

Looking around, I read that if a phone is 1.72 then it must be downgraded to 1.32

So my phone is 1.40. Where does that leave me? I have never seen any mention of this version number anywhere. I have to ask myslef also, why have I been supplied a new phone with an old version of the software.

Anyway, that's just my first question. I expect that there will be others to follow.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ein777er:
have a look to the Desire DHD Forum :-)

good luck
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lejars1:
Thanks, in fact I have temprooted with Viionary and it works OK.

I haven't done a perm-root bevause I'm very anxious.

What I don't understand is how I would then be able to return it to its original state.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty_ice:
Visionary+ can unroot your device with just one click :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lejars1:
Yes, I saw that - but I'm still worrried. Terrible eh? Is there some way to back up my phone completely and then restore it completely if it all goes to worms?

I'm expect that it would unroot quite satisfactorily - but I found it a bit disconcerting simply to see that it says that Visionary will try to unroot.

I don't know if it is my age - over 60 but I'm really feeling my way on all of this and I look to be very sure before I do things.

Although there are lots of guides on this forum as to what to do, there aren't any guides which tell you why you have to do each step.

I'd like to know what I am achieving at each step of the rooting, flashing, s-off eng-off blah blah. Then I'll feel that I'm in control and that will give me a comfort factor.

My main objective is to improve battery life - and after that, to see if I can have some fun. (Actually, that's my objective in life too!!)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty_ice:
If you want to completely revert your phone to stock, you can simply do a factory restore (In Settings->SD-Card & phone storage)

A Backup of your contacts, settings etc. can be done with MyBackup (I believe you can't backup everything, but almost everything). The apps can be restored from the Android Market.

To say the truth, there have been little to none problems with Visionary+ I know of. The "try" is there to indicate that it might, under unknown circumstances, not work. The same can be said about some stock functions though and they don't bother to mention it.

Okay let's see:

Rooting:

Root superuser in UNIX-based systems. The equivalent of the "administrator" in Windows. He can do basically everything in the system. The account is disabled in Android though.

When you root your phone, you activate this account and thus gain (almost) complete access to your system.

A TempRoot will not survive a reboot and needs to be applied every time you reboot your phone, while a Permanent Root will not be lost.

S-OFF:

S-OFF stands for Security Off. It means that you (or rather the programs you choose to use) will be able to replace the bootloader, write persistent changes to the system (like removing stock apps).

You will also be able to flash a custom Recovery (most likely ClockworkMod Recovery). Recoveries are independent of the regular operating system and allow you to flash custom ROMs, make (and more importantly restore) backups of your system, etc.

There are two types of S-OFF: Eng S-OFF and Radio S-OFF

Eng S-OFF stands for Engineered S-OFF and modifies the bootloader so it will allow you to access all the functions. It is needed if you want to flash a new radio.

Radio S-OFF on the other hand really sets the Security flag to OFF. It can easily be reversed and is the "cleaner" option.

Flashing:

Flashing is the process of overwriting some part of the system (or the whole system) with a custom replacement. It is done while in Recovery by selecting a zip file from the SD-Card and telling ClockworkMod Recovery to flash it. Really it is quite simple if you follow the developer's instructions.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lejars1:
It is so decent of you to take the time to do this. It is very helpful indeed.

I hope that you know now, that I am going to keep on asking you more questions. Is that OK?

I didn't realise that a factory reset will undo the permanent rotting. That is very reassuring to know. So that's a worry out of the way.

So, you do a permanent root.

When you have the superadmin rights, you can then make fundamental changes to the system.

The next thing is to turn off the security which I suppose is a bit like a firewall and allows certain programs to install at a system level. Right?

You can either do this using Eng or Radio - and what I gather from you is that it is better to use Radio. - Right? but Eng and radio are alternatives. I had gathered that you had to do both. - wrong.

Then if you are going further, you have to flash various radios - but now I'm lost. What is a radio?

(I hope that you don't regret getting into this.)

Also, at what point does it become risky - and what point can you no longer restore merely by doing a factory reset?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
One small correction

2 Types of S-Off are S-Off & ENG S-Off.

Radio S-Off is a different beast.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lejars1:
Thanks - but arrgh!

A bit more confused now!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
HTC phones come nand locked. Its an extra form of security against root, so even a rooted phone cannot write to the protected parts of the nand chip (/system, /recovery /radio /misc ect) thats what s-off is for. It removes the write protection on thoes partitions :)
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
Hey,

I've tried to root my Desire by I get stuck at the "Backup CID missing" error. I did google about and couldn't find much and some said that the error appears when I need a gold card. Thing is my Desire is a factory unlocked piece and last time round I never used a gold card.

Its back from repair and now it is giving me this issue.

Any help appreciated

Cheers
[Desire General] seasonsluo:
You can try to change a version of reflash
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
I tried it with the latest version and it failed with the same error :S !!
[Desire General] Meaple:
Create a Goldcard
[Desire General] malamoo:
As pointed out in post ^^^ make a gold card works every time :D
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
but isn't a gold card for locked fones :S !! mine isn't
[Desire General] malamoo:
I used a Gold Card for both of my Desire phones (one which was locked to network and one that wasn't) and it worked a treat have had no problems :D
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
Alright I'll give it a go tomorrow, away from pc atm..thanks again guys xD

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000)
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
hey guys, I did that and made a gold card, unfortunately I hit a new error.

"Error. Failed to get root. is your firmware too new?" please advice :)

I read up couple of links again all say to do a factory reset, anyway to do it without?

Cheers
[Desire General] richardmugford:
What version of hboot are you running? It might need a downgrade perhaps. :confused:
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
I'm not sure although I'm running the latest OTA 2.29.405.5
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
Anyone? Much appreciated

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000)
[Desire General] jamadant:
I had this problem initially on my SLCD desire 0.93 hboot.

The reason is that it need a custom root file to loaded through unlocker. This is available through XDA http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9245153]

recovery-RA-desire-v1.7.0.1-R5.1-0.93.rar

after this it rooted perfectly

regards
[Desire General] bigdan35:
Go through this process if all else fails for you.

1. Make a goldcard (google it so you dont have to mess with hex anymore).

2. If your phone isnt branded download the latest ruu (or earlier if you want a lower hboot, but that doesn't matter anymore).

2a. If your phone is branded, find the ruu for your carrier.

3. Optional - if you are rooted, then nandroid, if not, back up apps etc if you want them.

4. Install HTC Sync (for drivers).

5. Put your phone in to fastboot (power + back button).

6. Connect USB and run ruu.

7. Once all that's done, select usb debugging and run unrevoked.

Worked for my messed up Desire!

- If step 6 is giving you hassle, go to device manager, find android and select drivers from a list, there should only be one or two extra.

Swyped from my Oxygenated HTC Desire
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
well mine is actually a AMOLED device and also it doesn't tell me "ROOT DONE" but says the above mentioned error in my previous post

oh well, comes down to formatting the phone, i'll give it a shot.. thank you very much

cheers

PS: Thanks everyone who took their time to post and help me :)
[Desire General] qinxiangjun:
Pls refer to this page , sorry for my poor english.

连接手机和电脑，打开CMD（开始->运行->输入CMD，回车）

这里我一不小心，用了cygwin，所以显示上和你的会不太一样，没影响，仅仅是显示不太一样而已

输入：adb shell（确定你装好了adb，不过，你能遇到这个问题，应该就是装了吧）

然后

输入命令：/system/__unrevoked_su（使用unrevoked传至手机中的东东来获取root执行权限）

输入：cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 >/sdcard/misc.img（将misc分区镜像导出到sd卡上的misc.img文件中，强调一次，cat后面是有一个空格的！）

输入：getprop ro.cid（获取正确的CID号）

上一命令会有一个返回值：11111111（这个仅作为举例，请记下你获取到的值）

输入：exit（退出root）

输入：exit（退出adb shell）

输入：adb pull /sdcard/misc.img（将misc.img文件复制到CMD执行路径下，例如图中是Kitchen这个文件夹中，手动复制亦可，自由变通）

第一步完成了（这个时候没必要把CMD关了，待会还要用的）

现在打开一个十六进制编辑器，我用的winhex（提示镜像文件为磁盘时，选择否）

从0位置开始进行编辑。将上面获得的CID值写入，最后一位以00填充作为结束，如下图

然后就是要把这个misc.img文件重新刷回手机了。

输入：adb push misc.img /sdcard/new-misc.img（将该好的misc.img传到SD卡中，命名为new-misc.img，手动复制亦可，自由变通）

输入：adb shell

输入：/system/__unrevoked_su

输入：/data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/new-misc.img（将修改过的misc.img文件重新刷回手机）

输入：exit

输入：exit

然后现在再按照unrevoked的使用方法再来一遍，不出意外的话，一切OK了。

其实以上总结一下，很简单：从手机中将misc分区镜像弄出来，并获得正确的CID号，然后写入得到的镜像文件中，刷回。搞定
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Try this version of unrEVOked:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dd5yh9
[Desire General] qinxiangjun:
As I mentioned above in Chinese

1. Pull out the misc partition to a misc.img

2. Write the correct CID into this misc.img file

3. flash back

You can traslate the Chinese into English with google traslate
[Desire General] vengeance1990:
Try unrevoked version 3.21 seems to work fine

Regards

Vengeance
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
Was busy for the last few days, I'll give unrevoked 3.21 a shot with the gold card, thank you everyone again :)

Much appreciated

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000)
[Desire General] dgattenb:
use Rom Manager .. pay for the full version ...

My phone was "unrootable"... Orange UK .. brought from an orange shop etc...

Gold card.. ( make sure it works )

Unrevoked... ( new version )

have HTC sync on your computer ..

them use rom manager .. get a rom image on your SD card .. and blat... fab !!

Took me 5 months to do it.. but I will never look back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
OK this took me quite long to try but finally had some time (and reason to root my desire) -

UnrEvoked 3.21 failed as well - with the gold card in, it still claims Backup CID missing :/ -

I think I'll have to install a RUU !

EDIT: tried a root after RUU - used the latest unrEVOked - it gave me a Backup CID missing error right after the boot for "getting root" :/ I'm recreating a gold card and will try with v3.21 !

anyone has any ideas?
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
Can anyone help please? Its getting frustrating :(
[Desire General] madd0g:
I had the similar issues, had to do a factory reset + i did the unrevoked in linux. It worked after reset though, tough break :]
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
I did a factory reset, used the latest ruu - yet it didn't help !!
[Desire General] ledfreak3d:
did you get it to work ?
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
the phone works but I didn't get root nor custom recovery :/ !
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
Wow - no one seems to have any idea - looks like I have hit a dead end :( a unrootable Desire :(
[Desire General] fragargon:
hi,

after all your attemps, what does it says on your hboot???

press power + vol down while booting... PVT?.... S-??
[Desire General] snakeeyes21:
had the same problem, after running a pb99img.zip to get back to stock, then unable to root due to the error

cid missing unable to root and such like.

I run unrevoked 3.2 from the link below and it all went through fine.

omething to do with the 3.2 vesrion not checking for the backup cid during the process unlike the 3.2.1 version

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b4171fg/n/unrEVOked-3-2-Windoze.exe

or you can edit and flash the misc partition.. by using command prompt / sdk and gaining temporary root to do it..

the following info is from rootmydroid..

Option 2 – Editing misc (NOT FOR CDMA PHONES!)

(Guide edited from http://home.kennynet.co.uk/~kenny/bcid-fix.txt to be more noob-friendly)

Warning! Misc is quite an important part of your phone. If it gets severely corrupted you may loose USB access. Me or anyone on our IRC help channel take no responsibility if you **** up somehow.

This guide is designed for Windows, Linux users use common sense adapting the instructions and can use a Linux hex editor like ghex. (Works just the same)

Please ensure you have downloaded the other stuff file on the second post before continuing and have extracted it to C:\root.

First, we need to use adb to grab misc off your phone. We will get temporary root then grab misc.

1) Open a command prompt on your computer by going to Start > Run and typing cmd then pressing enter. Now type the following pressing enter on each line. (Make sure your phone is connected and you have the drivers installed.)

cd \

cd root\adb

adb-windows devices <---- Make sure it finds your phone before continuing

adb-windows shell <----- You should see a $

$ /system/__unrevoked_su <---- Getting temp root # cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/misc.img <---- Copying misc to your SD Card

# getprop ro.cid <----- This is your CID. Remember what this says, it should say something like HTC_000 or 1111111 if you have a goldcard

# exit

adb-windows pull /sdcard/misc.img misc.img <---- Getting the misc we copied before

You should now have a file called misc.img in the C:\root\adb folder.

Now come on to the IRC help channel here. We will stick the CID into the misc.img so you can carry on as it really is complicated. You can also post here if nobody is avalible and I will sort it ASAP.

(If you’ve done hex editing before, all you do is put the CID you got above in at position 0 then add a 00 at the end so the hex string looks something like “48 54 43 5F 5F 30 30 31 00“)

Make sure you save the file that we give you back to C:\root\adb overwriting the original misc.img file.

Next we’re going to push misc back on to the phone using a similar method to step 1. Have open a command prompt and cd to the correct directory as in step 1 before proceeding.

2) Type the following in the command prompt:

adb push misc.img /sdcard/new-misc.img <---- Pushing misc back to your SD card

adb-windows shell

$ /system/__unrevoked_su <---- getting temp root again

# /data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/new-misc.img <---- Using flash_image to flash the new misc

# exit
[Desire General] undercover:
Before you go into more complicated stuff try this :latest unrevoked , download amonra recovery, 2.0.0 or 2.0.1, start unrevoked,go to file,untick disable security, choose custom recovery, navigate to amonra, start process. See if that works.
[Desire General] rubuthomson:
Htc desire

Just remove once your software of phone and reinstall the OS and then try it might work...
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
giving a shot at 3.2 now - it is downloading as I speak will let you'll know !

sorry I'm not sure if I got you !
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
S-ON and HBOOT is 0.93 if I recall well !

PVT 1
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
@snakeeyes21 : DOOOOOOOOOD I managed to get root from 3.22 !! YOU sir are my hero, well if you were a lady (are you?) I'd marry you .. you just me a very happy person today ... AWESOME Stuff !! I'm friggin happy - my brains were ****ed with the damn Backup CID error .. this just worked and I have custom recovery and Superuser !
[Desire General] snakeeyes21:
Glad it worked for you, and im very much a guy, but open to a civil partnership :eek:

You may want to look in to fixing the misc patition anyway, using unrevoked 3.2 didnt fix what was causing the error, it just bypassed checking fir it.

I had problems flashing wwe ruu due to cid incorrect error, even though there was a goldcard. May help if you have a factory unbranded handset and need to send it back for a fix under warranty.
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
Mine is in fact a factory unbranded handset, and I did flash a RUU WWE before I attempted root as I was facing errors earlier - It went through quite smoothly, didn't have an issue - should I still attempt to fix it?
[Desire General] snakeeyes21:
I would say theres no point in fixing it if you were able to flash a wwe ruu..

Just keep the 3.2 unrevoked in case you want to root again ;)
[Desire General] jackie_jagger:
yes sir, already saved a copy in my fire safe vault xD !
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Damooo:
Hey guys, I have a Telstra HD2, unfortunately its loaded to the hilt with Telstra's bloatware and the phone now is acting slow as crap, the battery seems to die out fairly quickly with little use.

Anyways, I'm wondering if it would be possible to format the phone and reinstall Windows Mobile 6.5 back onto it, without all the Telstra stuff.

Thanks much.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
theres a loong thread in either general, or Q&A all about the telstra and how to tweak it, unlock quicklinks and such like, however the easy way is simply get rid of the telstra rom.

YOur telstra is just a regular hd2, so no need to look for specific flashing instructions. As far as flashing and stuff goes, there are tmous hd2's and regular hd2's, , , you have a regular, so any rom, any radio.

put simply,,, for a winmo rom - hspl4 - upgrade radio - flash rom.

for android - hspl4 - upgrade radio - magldr - clockwork - flash rom.

its easy, so long as you dont just leap in feet first. Read all the 'how to flash bla blah' threads, and you cant go far wrong. By sunday you will have flashed it half a dozen times :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hgalanos:
I also have a Telstra HD2. It is rubbish.

Trust me, so the following:

1. Install HSPL 3.08

2. Install 314 KH WWE ROM

I had the previous 172 HK WWE ROM. Was very good, smoothish and ok battery.

I have been running 314 for a week. The phone has NEVER frozen, it is smooth, snappy, and battery is even batter. Only using 50-60 a day, after medium-heavy use.

Good luck.
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] fdespotovski:
I've made my own boot animation.Here it is:

I hope you like it!

(I don't know why but the animation's quality is reduced in the preview)

Click here to download it!
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] fdespotovski:
If you like it feel free to sign up for a free webpage from the link in my signature.
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] keewanchoapsss:
Very nice :)
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] eoghan2t7:
i dont think it was made for CM7 but it will work with CM7
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] max1919:
nice job for 1st boot animation. can we expect more animations in the future?
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] fdespotovski:
Yes, of course!:)
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] max1919:
looking forward to this ;)
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] fdespotovski:
Try my latest boot animation if you want.;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=985574
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] shmokeyuk:
liquid chrome ics boot...nice no?? :)

chromed up ics boot screen...not 2 bad an effect on my gt540...jus wondering what u peeps thought ??
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] andreas__:
looks quite cool but i just don't use bootanimations at all :D
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] Spoterness:
very nice....
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] shmokeyuk:
thanks....jus trying out a few things but thought this didnt look 2 bad :D
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] kriz2000:
Look good, thx:)
[GT540 Optimus Themes and Apps] shmokeyuk:
cheers :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SantinoInc:
Hey guys. Before this thread was shutdown Shinzul (OP/dev) posted that one of the known issues is slow 4G wireless tethering. He posted a recommended fix which involved d/l a market app and using it to get 4G tethering working properly.

I d/l that app at the time but it was waaaaaaaay beyond my understanding as to what I would have to do to get it help with 4G tethering. Anyone, that is familiar with this issue could you please help. Please post detailed instructions on what to do (like you're teaching a 4th grader) Oh yeah, forgot the name of the app as well! :o
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SantinoInc:
FilterProxy is the name of the app. I re-downloaded it but don't have any idea how to configure it to help me maximize 4G wireless tethering. Anyone familiar with this thing?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weapondrift:
I just spent the last two months in the hospital so please help me if you can...

Ive noticed for a long time that I havent been able to access GPS navigation with any Rom other then stock for the last year. Every once in a while I will load a rom and immediatly get massive amounts of FC's. Ive fixed permissions within recovery and manually had to clear dalvik/cache/battery stats to get certain roms to work and sometimes this doesnt help.

Yesterday after unsucessfully flashing CM7 RC1 for the 3rd time I went into my hboot and saw that I had .77 (i thought I had v.92). I also noticed that I had radio v1.00.03.04.06. Is this the correct radio?

So my question(s) is this:

1) If I upgrade my hboot to .92 (btw I am already unrevoked forever) will It be like clearing all my data/etc?

2) will this fix my GPS?

3) after I flash the .92hboot (pb31img.zip im assuming?) will it also include the correct radio?

4) the process to flash the radio is to do it manually in recovery NOT go into Rom Manager correct?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug piston:
GPS fail cause your radio is old and for CM7 you need the .92 hboot for the bigger boot partition. I have both on my site and you would flash both through hboot and not recovery. Have only one on your SD card at a time or you can waiit till I get home or someone else who is nice and package on up that contains both. Very simple to do.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weapondrift:
That would be much appreciated Doug.

will flashing these cause s-off to...umm turn on?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
Flashing a radio or HBOOT does not make you S-ON. Be sure to make sure your MD5 sum matches what the provided MD5 sum says.

Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo RLS5.3.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul600k5:
This has been helpful as I've had GPS inaccuracy issues on Warm TwoPointTwo and Incredibly Re-engineered. Can I check the Hboot version and radio version without going into Hboot? Wouldn't mind troubleshooting while waiting for a call but with my luck, I'll be in deep and miss the call.